HR 4995: Due Diligence for FEMA Disaster Contractors Act of 2018

HR 4995 was introduced in February seeking more scrutiny when selecting contractors for disaster response/recovery work.

HR 4995 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on February 8th and seeks to bring more scrutiny to the selection of contractors to perform disaster response and recovery work. The bill is styled as the “Due Diligence for FEMA Disaster Contractors Act of 2018”. This bill comes just months after public controversy over contractors tasked with supporting the Puerto Rico recovery efforts.